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Documentary which examines the influence of the Bizarre and Straight record labels, set up by the musician Frank Zappa. Though the initial idea behind the imprints was to provide Zappa with artistic independence by freeing him from his present record contract, the label founder poured every bit as much energy and enthusiasm into the records released by other artists as he did his own. The labels provided a home to Alice Cooper, Captain Beefheart and Tim Buckley, among others, and have become an integral part of rock music history.
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Nel 1968 Frank Zappa, non riuscendo a sciogliere il contratto che lo legava alla Verve Records, mise su due etichette, la Bizarre e la Straight, in collaborazione col manager Herb Cohen, dando il via ad una serie di uscite discografiche davvero straordinarie ed eccentriche, che allinearono sugli scaffali a fianco dei dischi di Zappa e delle sue Mothers Of Invention, incisioni di artisti come Alice Cooper, Wild Man Fischer, GTOs, Capt. Beefheart, Tim Buckley, Lenny Bruce e Lord Buckley.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Cease
Yes, the world needed this. After all, we've had the same oldies but goldies Sixties served up to us in many of its recognisable faces over and over e.g. the summer of love, Psychedelia, Mod, Merseybeat and easy West Coast sounds etc.
Now, for the first time, we have the important and highly entertaining story of Frank Zappa's label stable. The stories and artists of Bizarre Records and Straight Records.
I love it! Lots of my favourites such as early Alice, those gorgeous freaky GTOs, the untamed Wildman Fischer, and the good old Captain himself, plus his Magic Band of course. And one or two I wasn't familiar with, which was a nice surprise.
Zappa's little human zoo was thousands of miles away from Woodstock both literally and figuratively. Marvellous stuff.
Now, for the first time, we have the important and highly entertaining story of Frank Zappa's label stable. The stories and artists of Bizarre Records and Straight Records.
I love it! Lots of my favourites such as early Alice, those gorgeous freaky GTOs, the untamed Wildman Fischer, and the good old Captain himself, plus his Magic Band of course. And one or two I wasn't familiar with, which was a nice surprise.
Zappa's little human zoo was thousands of miles away from Woodstock both literally and figuratively. Marvellous stuff.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Again, excellent documentary footage is ruined by cliched spoutings
22 April 2012
Tantalizing snippets of live footage and great insights from people who were actually there, even John "Drumbo" French and Zoot "Bill Harkleroad" Horn Rollo don't play the self-pitying victim as much as usual.Information on the lesser-known FZ signings like Yester and Henske and Alice Cooper members are a refreshing and a welcome change. But far too much time (too too too much time) devoted to talking head journalists spouting meaningless cliches EG calling "Trout Mask Replica" unmelodic (you think so?) Why especially the inclusion of the pretentious and uncritical and dishonest Ben Watson? If someone had ever wanted to kick Zappa up the bum, they would have found Watson's head in the way! Could have done with a bigger ratio of live footage and interviews with actual participants.
By Gorehound
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i enjoyed this film. Loads of talkin heads and interesting antedotes about Zappa's record label and the quirky artists who had releases on it
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